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XML and web technologies for data sciences with R
Nolan D., Lang D., Springer Publishing Company, Incorporated, New York, NY, 2014. 685 pp. Type: Book (978-1-461478-99-7)
Date Reviewed: May 16 2014

The concept of interoperability has become popular in developing and configuring information systems. Interoperability allows systems to be integrated and deliver the necessary services that are otherwise very difficult to provide. Today, the Extensible Markup Language (XML) is undoubtedly the pillar of interoperability. With this in mind, extracting the necessary information from XML documents has become the need of the hour. While simple application programming interface (API) for XML (SAX) and the document object model (DOM) are some of the popular techniques in parsing XML documents, it is important to note that there are other techniques in place to perform the required operations on an XML document.

This book provides a plethora of information on extracting necessary information from XML documents. The authors have divided the book into three parts and 18 chapters. The chapters in the beginning provide good information on how data is assembled in XML. As the book proceeds, it provides the necessary information on some basic parsing techniques, such as SAX and DOM, and offers valuable examples throughout.

The information discussed in the early chapters is widely available in many other books describing XML. However, from chapter 7 onward this book deals with some excellent advanced topics that are rarely discussed in similar books. These topics include working with SOAP in R, the vectorized generation of XML, using XML with JavaScript Object Notation (JSON), and the authentication of web services using OAuth. The book provides a significant amount of information on these topics that will benefit researchers working on XML-based technologies and languages.

This is perhaps one of the best books I have reviewed in the last few years. There are three essential aspects of this book that make it better than other books describing similar topics: (1) the discussion on advanced XML related topics, (2) the provision of good examples necessary for programmers and researchers, and (3) the in-depth discussion of the topics included. In the years to come, some of the technologies described in this book may become old and obsolete. However, this book provides the necessary guidance for today’s needs.

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Reviewer:  Varadraj Gurupur Review #: CR142285 (1408-0620)
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